Category: News
Cadillac Banks speaks out
Last week, William “Cadillac” Banks, Sr. spoke to the Pensacola Voice about the TDC not recommending that he get $385,685 to fund a two-day music…
BP told to break up
The Guardian reports that BP chief executive Bob Dudley has been warned that he must break up his huge oil business into three separate parts…
Buzz: Morgan to file today
The buzz is Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan will file today to run for his second term of office.
Mardi Gras could fill rooms with new event
Danny Zimmern shared the Pensacola Mardi Gras proposal for the BP Tourism funds: We are proposing a new event, The Pensacola Mardi Gras Marching Band…
Last Day of School
Okaloosa County had its last day of school yesterday. Walton County will have its last day next Thursday. Escambia County’s last day is June 3….
Salaries for commissioner aides
Commissioner Gene Valentino can be an easy target for criticism. His methods are heavy-handed at times and he steps into “it” quite often. However, I…
BP tourism funds are for tourism
Marie Young convinced her fellow county commissioners to delay approving the allocation of the $4.38 million of BP funds that was established by Escambia Tourist…
This day in history…on the Blog
The blog has been around since 2005. Here is what I have written on this day during that period: May 20, 2007: IN was in…
GB Chamber CEO Peltier resigns
Press Release: The Board of Directors of the Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce has accepted the resignation of Meg Peltier as President/CEO. Meg will…
The Ed Show again
Mike Papantonio and I have been asked to guest host The Ed Show, the syndicated radio version, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. He’s the talent, I’m…
Trump’s name has legal trouble
Buyers of apartments in the Trump International Hotel and Tower Fort Lauderdale thought Donald Trump was the developer. He was a mere licensor who was…
Anti-climate change report retracted
The journal Computational Statistics and Data Analysis has pulled a report by Edward Wegman that condemned scientific support for global warming. Its analysis was an…
